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profit” when [oil prices](https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/apr/24/stock-market-warning-bank-of-england-deputy-governor-trump-threatens-uk-tariff-business-live?page=with%3Ablock-69eb4f518f0881eff50e778c#block-69eb4f518f0881eff50e778c) come down. If Spirit ends up in liquidation, it will be the first major US carrier to liquidate since the 2008 recession. Spirit and other airlines have been
Iran war-linked inflation hitting the economy. A poll of companies in the services sector, which includes airlines, found [rising fuel prices](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/06/totally-grounded-how-the-jet-fuel-crisis-could-change-our-summer-holidays-and-world-history) had contributed to businesses raising prices at the fastest pace
Iran. Photograph: Asghar Besharati/AP The contrast with the fortunes of US and other non-Gulf-centred petroleum companies could not be more stark. On Tuesday, BP said its profits for the first quarter
Iran war impact Primark is to break free from its sister food company which owns Twinings, Kingsmill and Patak’s next year despite warning that the conflict in the Middle East was likely
Iran war broke out as more travellers favoured European carriers for flights to Asia, and that it had raised ticket prices in response to the increase in fuel costs. Earlier this week, Europe’s airport
war with Iran and the closure of the strait of Hormuz strangled the flow of oil and gas from the Gulf to the global markets. It pumped 2.31m barrels of oil equivalent
companies, for example, experienced a surge in revenue after Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sent global prices spiralling. Henry said the “socially optimal” rate for a windfall profits tax was “approximately
war on Iran. Wall Street’s largest lenders have reported a jump in first-quarter earnings, reflecting the surge in demand for trading services as investors dumped risky stocks and bonds and sought safer havens
company First Brands (with allegations of fraud or mismanagement in all three cases) have raised fears over lending standards in the $2tn private credit industry, which has come under greater scrutiny from regulators. There
company wrote. The news came a day after three US congressional candidates were fined by a different prediction market site, Kalshi, for placing bets on the outcome of their races. One of the candidates, former
war on Iran, closure of the strait of Hormuz and subsequent blockades have raised doubts about global jet fuel supply, with carriers already beginning to [cancel thousands of flights](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/airline-seats-cut-jet-fuel-prices). Shares
Iran, which some analysts fear will persist even if the war ends quickly. The commission said it would set an electrification target before the summer and propose action to lower the price ratio between electricity
Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) conflict, the Pentagon has announced multiple contracts with the defense engineering company worth billions of dollars, on top of the existing contracts the government has with the company. Earlier this month
profits or corporate image. Dozens of contractors had withdrawn. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5771492/iran-war-goals-unmet-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-trump) ### [Middle East conflict
profit off the turbulence. The monthly minimum wage in Iran is currently less than 170 million rials ($92), and that is after the government raised it by about 60 percent for the current [Persian calendar
Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait, which would require the US end its own naval blockade of the strait and does not address a nuclear deal. On Tuesday, Trump said on social media that
Iran war. Sales of electric cars in continental Europe rose by 51% in March. The International Energy Agency has [called the disruption](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/war-iran-is-causing-biggest-energy-crisis-history-iea-says-2026-04-21/) in the strait of Hormuz the “biggest energy crisis
Iran war, which is having a huge impact on the global economy. When the Labour government took power in July 2024, it said growth was its top priority. Across 2025 as a whole
profits, partly fuelled by market turbulence amid the Iran war. 5. ***Society*** | People from black backgrounds in England are [twice as likely to experience strokes](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/06/black-people-twice-likely-stroke-white-england-study) as their white counterparts, while also being
companies strongly opposed to the tax. Despite the campaign's popularity with voters, the prime minister has ruled it out. However, as the country grapples with soaring cost-of-living and domestic gas prices amid